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bimbaša

//bîmbaʃa//
Serbo-Croatiannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    regionalcenturion

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • tȉsućnîk / tȉsutnjîk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیڭباشی (biñbaşı, “lieutenant colonel”), from بیڭ (biñ, “thousand”) + باش (baş, “head”) – ”one who is the head of a group of thousand”.

Forms

  • bȉmbašaanimate • canonical • masculine
  • би̏мбашаcyrillic

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